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8160539 |
Location provisioning for 911 calls received at a telecommunications relay service
A call processing system is configured to receive a call request for a first call from a mobile device operated by a user, wherein the call request comprises a user input and a caller...
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8144840 |
Method and system for facilitating mediated communication
One embodiment of the disclosures made herein is a method for facilitating mediated communication. In such an embodiment of the disclosures made herein, a voice-based communication request...
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8139802 |
Hearing apparatus having coils arranged orthogonal to one another
Inductive transmission to a hearing apparatus and in particular to a hearing device is to be improved. To this end, it is proposed to equip the hearing apparatus with two or three orthogonal coils....
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8126512 |
Blind dialing
Devices and methods are presented to remotely dial wireless communications devices. A device is equipped with a microphone and a plurality of logic units to analyze incoming acoustic signals in the...
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8107595 |
Supervised paging, messaging background music and emergency voice evacuation system
The present invention generally discloses a supervised paging, messaging background music and emergency voice evacuation system. In one embodiment, the system comprises at least one telephone zone...
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8107596 |
Apparatus and method for providing on-hold information based on preference of user
A method and apparatus for providing on-hold information to a telecommunication terminal that has been placed on-hold during a telecommunication call by receiving a message designating that the...
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8077893 |
Distributed audio coding for wireless hearing aids
The aim of the invention is to provide inter-channel level differences ICLD related to audio signals for hearing aids. This aim is achieved by a method for computing ICLD from a first and second...
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8036344 |
Alarm system providing multiple network routing, interface module and method
In an alarm system, outgoing calls representing a sensed alarm condition are routed to one of several communications networks. The calls are routed by first initiating a telephone call to a defined...
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8036343 |
Audio and data communications system
A communications system is disclosed that allows users to effectively communicate.
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8031842 |
Dual modern architecture to support the transfer of non-Baudot TTY telephone calls
A telecommunications system 100 is provided that includes a plurality of TTY devices 124a-n, a switching system 104 to switch a call to a selected one of the plurality of TTY devices; and...
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8005263 |
Hand sign recognition using label assignment
A method and system for recognizing hand signs that include overlapping or adjoining hands from a depth image. A linked structure comprising multiple segments is generated from the depth image...
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7978827 |
Automatic configuration of call handling based on end-user needs and characteristics
A computational component for establishing a communication between a contactor and a contactee is provided that includes a user configuration agent 324 operable to (a) determine a network...
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7979065 |
System and method for facilitating multi-media communication
A system and method are provided with a computing system, capable of binding SMS, voice and other media transactions into a continuous, stateful messaging process that maintains awareness of the...
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7979094 |
Advanced alert, notification, and response device
Contemplated devices and methods employ a system in which at least two receivers are configured to receive at the same time a first and a second emergency signal via a first and a second...
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7958201 |
Method, system and apparatus for encouraging frequent and purposeful electronic communications from caregivers to individuals with impaired memory
A computer implemented system and method for encouraging frequent and purposeful electronic communications from caregivers to individuals with impaired memory to, inter alia, alleviate feelings of...
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7940913 |
System and method for improved contact center services to disabled callers
A system and method for servicing a caller at a contact center includes prompting the caller for a password associated with a certificate of disability of the caller, then accessing a database that...
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7933386 |
Interactive hospitality system
A hospitality system has at least one database for storing guest preferences regarding environment variables, for storing a national and/or regional origin or personal attributes of the guest....
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7907702 |
Communication device for visually impaired persons
A communication device for visually impaired persons assists the user to determine the function of each key and input on the modern-day device. The communication device includes a plurality of...
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7894578 |
E911 location services for users of text device relay services
A system receives, from a text device, an emergency call placed by a hearing-impaired party, the emergency call being associated with information identifying a location of the text device. The...
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7885388 |
Method and apparatus for initiating communication via a multi-mode system in a vehicle
A system and method for initiating and realizing communication via a multi-mode system is disclosed. The method and system include realizing a preferred mode of communication. A signal indicating...
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7881441 |
Device independent text captioned telephone service
Text captioned telephony, in which a telephone conversation is accompanied by text captions to aid in hard-of-hearing users, is implemented without the use of specialized text captioned telephone...
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7831055 |
Presence activated hearing assistive system
An electronic device includes a receiver, a processor, and a presence activation sensor configured to receive a signal from a user. The user signal includes a user specific performance parameter,...
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7817783 |
System and method for communicating text teletype (TTY) information in a communication network
A method includes receiving signals comprising at least one of voice information and text teletype information. The method also includes determining whether at least some of the signals contain...
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7817782 |
System and method to support a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD) in a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) network
Disclosed is a system and method for communicating with a Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD). A TDD message is transmitted to a TDD device over the VoIP network. The TDD message may be in...
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7769141 |
Method and system for visual spatial caller identification
A method, system and device for visually spatial caller identification includes a caller identification visual alerting device configured to capture current caller identification information from...
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7746984 |
Method and system for call initiation in a video relay service
A method and system for call initiation and the establishment of a communication session in a video relay service are described. A called party number of a voice phone is entered into a video phone...
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7746985 |
Method, system and device for relay call transfer service
A method, system and device for relay call transfer services in hearing-impaired communications is described. A voice phone number of a relay service is entered into a voice phone and a first...
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7746986 |
Methods and systems for a sign language graphical interpreter
Systems and methods for displaying visual content to a user corresponding to sound captured at a user terminal are disclosed. After receiving over a network from a user terminal a request to...
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7729480 |
Method and system for multi-modal interaction
A method and system manages content delivery to a multi-modal client device. The system may include a session manager logically connected between a server and the client device. The session manager...
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7706556 |
Mobile wireless communications device with slidable configuration providing hearing aid compatibility features and related methods
A mobile wireless communications device is for a user wearing an electronic hearing aid adjacent an ear of the user and may include an upper housing and a lower housing being slidably connected...
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7706509 |
Keyboard for blind people
The keyboard for blind people comprises a body carrying a plurality of keys and interface means for its connection to an external unit. The keys have a number of portions each having associated a...
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7702506 |
Conversation assisting device and conversation assisting method
An object of the present invention is to provide a conversation support apparatus and a conversation support method that allow users to effectively and smoothly onverse with each other. According...
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7675411 |
Enhancing presence information through the addition of one or more of biotelemetry data and environmental data
One or more of telephony functions and communication routing management are controlled by one or more of presence information, environmental information and physiological information. An analysis...
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7660398 |
Captioned telephone service
Captioned telephone are devices intended to provide text captions to persons needing assistance with telephone communications. Captioned telephones provide text by using the services of a relay...
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7656861 |
Method and apparatus for interleaving text and media in a real-time transport session
Text is interleaved and transported along with media data over the same real-time Internet Protocol (IP) media transport session. A network processing device identifies text characters...
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7646865 |
Telephone handset coupling system
A telephone handset that includes both a speaker and a secondary flux coil is provided. The secondary flux coil provides improved inductive coupling between the handset and a hearing aid. Due to...
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7643619 |
Method for offering TTY/TDD service in a wireless terminal and wireless terminal implementing the same
A method and a terminal are provided for performing a Teletype/Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TTY/TDD) service where the wireless terminal changes to a vibration mode when the TTY/TDD...
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7634080 |
Multifunctional keyboard for a mobile communication device and method of operating the same
An apparatus and method for telephony tone signal and character code generation for QWERTY keyboards includes a QWERTY style keyboard, a processor and a keyboard mode control software module. The...
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7620158 |
Video relay system and method
A video relay system for allowing impaired individuals to communicate across a network includes a first device capable of sending and receiving audio and video signals where the first device is...
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7583286 |
System and method for collection and redistribution of video conferences
A method and system for distributing video calls includes receiving a plurality of incoming video calls originating from a corresponding plurality of calling endpoints over a data network. A...
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7567653 |
Method by which call centers can vector inbound TTY calls automatically to TTY-enabled resources
The present invention is directed to a contact processing system that includes: (a) a gateway operable to receive an incoming contact and transmit at least one TTY character to the contactor;...
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7555104 |
Relay for personal interpreter
A relay is described to facilitate communication through the telephone system between hearing users and users who need or desire assistance in understanding voice communications. To overcome the...
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7542551 |
Cordless telephone handset
A cordless telephone handset that does not affect the use of a magnetic pick-up type hearing aid. The cordless telephone handset includes a TDD processing section for controlling transmission and...
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7430428 |
Method for communicating teletype information in a vehicle communication system between a vehicle and a remote station
A communication system and method for transmitting and receiving teletype information in a vehicle (20). The communication system (22) includes an external interface (24) and a communication...
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7430283 |
Internet access to telecommunications relay service
A method and a system that will allow a hearing impaired person to access a TRS (Telecommunications Relay Service) center via an Internet terminal on the World Wide Web instead of using a TTY...
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7411941 |
Text telephone modem communications over packet networks
A modem detection method is provided for use by a first gateway, the first gateway capable of communicating with a second gateway over a packet network. The method comprises setting the first...
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7386100 |
Arrangement for maintaining mode synchronization in automatic TTY-to-text translation systems
Teletype (TTY, also known as Telecommunication Device for the Deaf, or TDD) transmissions are moded. The same sequence of tones may code for a letter or for a figure. When a TTY device is...
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7382752 |
Apparatus, and an associated method, for communicating text data in a radio communication system
Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating communication of text data, such as TTY data formed at a mobile node. The mobile node includes a TTY text generator together with mobile...
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7379431 |
Error correction method and apparatus for TTY on VoIP transmissions
The present invention is directed to a system for reliably transmitting characters encoded as audible signals using voice over Internet protocol communication systems. According to an embodiment of...
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7376127 |
Methods for reconstructing missing packets in TTY over voice over IP transmission
A system for reconstructing missing packets in a packetized audio TTY stream that includes: (a) an input 328 operable to receive a plurality of first packets, each comprising one or more TTY tones...
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